{"product_id":"what-does-it-mean-to-alfie-kohn-9780807032671","title":"What Does It Mean to Be Well Educated?: And More Essays on Standards, Grading, and Other Follies","description":"Few writers ask us to question our fundamental assumptions about education as provocatively as Alfie Kohn. \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e magazine has called him'perhaps the country's most outspoken critic of education's fixation on grades  and] test scores.' And the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e says he is 'the most energetic and charismatic figure standing in the way of a major federal effort to make standardized curriculums and tests a fact of life in every U.S. school.' \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this new collection of essays, Kohn takes on some of the most important and controversial topics in education of the last few years. His central focus is on the real goals of education-a topic, he argues, that we systematically ignore while lavishing attention on misguided models of learning and counterproductive techniques of motivation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe shift to talking about goals yields radical conclusions and wonderfully pungent essays that only Alfie Kohn could have written. From the title essay's challenge to conventional, conservative definitions of a good education to essays on standards and testing and grades that tally the severe educational costs of overemphasizing a narrow conception of achievement, Kohn boldly builds on his earlier work and writes for a wide audience. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKohn's new book will be greeted with enthusiasm by his many readers and by any teacher or parent looking for a refreshing perspective on today's debates about schools.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alfie Kohn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0807032670\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807032671\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Beacon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.47h x 5.49w x 0.45d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUniv PR Books for Public Libry\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2005 pg. 41 - Strongly Recommended\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2004 pg. 98\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/05\/2004","brand":"Alfie Kohn","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926283124991,"sku":"9780807032671","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_be212adf-a39d-4dec-912e-c44aa84c2019.jpg?v=1681082209","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/what-does-it-mean-to-alfie-kohn-9780807032671","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}